Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.
Opening: Nov. 10, 2023
Wide (United States)
It’s a Wonderful Knife
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The Marvels
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Expanding (United States)
The Holdovers
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Limited (United States)
Dream Scenario
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: A Charlie Kaufmann movie woefully lacking Charlie Kaufmann…sure to delight many, but its scattershot approach weakens its heady, ethnological and evolutionary concepts and its last half hour is a drag.
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Blue Beetle
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Bottoms
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Joy Ride
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Killers of the Flower Moon
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Priscilla
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Beyond Utopia
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: As is made abundantly clear by Gavin, most Westerners only know what the Kim regime, currently led by Kim Jong Un, want us to know… In fact, human rights abuses in North Korea are so unparalleled, their only comparison is to Nazi Germany, and yet the world allows 26 million to exist under these conditions.
Close Your Eyes
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Sim, Cerrar los Ojos foi o grande filme(e a descoberta) deste festival. Mesmo que sem ter estado em competição para qualquer prémio.
Dicks: The Musical
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: It ain’t pretty. But ‘Dicks’ ain’t about pretty, except for ‘that’s pretty gross.’
Divinity
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: I didn’t really know what Divinity was about when I walked in, and I knew even less when I walked out. This is the strangest movie I’ve ever seen in a theater.
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Even as motivations and resolutions sometimes defy strict dramatic logic, the joy is in the mystery, as well as the raw beauty of what is on screen. Divinity lies, as always, within these small details.
Fingernails
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: There are too many interesting questions to call the whole a failure and too many holes and distractions to deem it a success. Regardless, I do think it’s worthwhile.
Glisten and the Merry Mission
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: If you want to take your kids to see a sweet Christmas picture that imparts an uplifting message for the holiday season, this is exactly what you’re looking for.
In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: one wild ride and an essential piece of rock history.
The Killer
Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: We are treated to a cavalcade of slick assassinations strung together by the barest minimum of a plot. All the better to savor Michael Fassbender at his most ominous, reminding us at varying points in his narration that empathy is a weakness.
The Marsh King’s Daughter
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: The Marsh King’s Daughter is a powerful story about the psychological hold one person can have on another.
Miranda’s Victim
- Excerpt: Miranda’s Victim is not easy to watch. But like other Michelle Danner films this unflinching offering is a movie that matters. .
Nyad
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Annette Bening’s star turn in this sports biopic is compelling, and Jodie Foster is equally engaging in a supporting role.
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Annette Bening and Jodie Foster are phenomenal.
Pain Hustlers
The Persian Version
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: All the way around, it’s a winner.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The result is entertaining and not without its dramatic reveals. [But,] while a good time was had, I can’t shake the sense that there was potential for so much more.
Project Z
Quiz Lady
Katie Smith-Wong @ Digital Spy
- Excerpt: While certain parts need fine-tuning, Quiz Lady offers bouts of laughs and heartfelt moments with some winning performances.
Radical
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Eugenio Derbez is extraordinary.
The Royal Hotel
Rustin
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: While the movie itself can be problematic…Colman Domingo’s transformational performance is so inspiring it is difficult not to get swept up in it.
Saltburn
Travis Burgess @ The Sacred Wall
- Excerpt: Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ is weak on themes, but strong on vibes
Sly
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It never pushes the envelope to discover the humanity beneath the stardom. Whatever depths there are to be explored is done so sparingly.
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Everyone and everything come together to make of “Sly” a compelling portrait. If it veers into hagiography at times, well, that’s the hero’s journey for you.
The Strangler
- Excerpt: The Strangler focuses on a young man who is so deeply affected by lonely women (not to mention, a very distinct moment of childhood trauma) that he targets them in what he believes are mercy killings. Hot on his tail is an unlikely trio: a police detective, a young woman who thinks she may be one of the next victims, and a petty thief who robs the dead as soon as the strangler has left the scene of the crime.
Thunder
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: By the end, even if Elisabeth and her playmates run smack against the intractability of tradition, we’ve experienced the joy of watching them attempt to find heaven on earth. That’s always a worthy goal.
Waikiki
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Some of what results can be confusing, but all of it is dramatically potent. And it’s mostly due to a wonderful performance from Zalopany.
What Happens Later
Candice Frederick @ HuffPost
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Anyone who comes to it expecting the next When Harry Met Sally… or Sleepless in Seattle is bound to be disappointed.
When Evil Lurks
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: The visceral meatiness of this demonic-possession–infectious-zombie combo hits like a blow. The social and political context for the grotesquerie is even more appalling, and so very pertinent.
